Vagabondism #231 "There are many theories about art, from philosophers, academics, critics and others; but for the artist there is only one practice and it cannot be put into words."
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Dumbing Down
I am one of those East Coast, effete, intellectual snobs you in the Tea Party find so offensive, one for whom original thought is a daily addiction. I've tried my very best to dumb down. Please forgive me, I just can't shake the habit. I also suffer from a sense of humor.
DB - The Vagabond
DB - The Vagabond
Appropriate Aphorism
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Cato The Elder
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See here.
This is an invitation for anyone and everyone to post a entry of their own on my journal, Vagabond Journeys http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/.
The end of the year holidays are soon upon us and since it is a time for celebrations, remembrances, resolutions and plans for the future I know that people have a lot to say.
Not to take away from the postings on your journals, but to add to the joy of my own celebrations is why I invite you to write for mine.
I want to read what your thoughts are about this magical time of the year. This invitation is open to everyone: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists and the Uncertain.
Tell me your thoughts on Chanukah, Christmas, Ashura, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, New Years Eve. or any subject you associate with this holiday season.
There are no limits in regard to length. The only limitation is that, for reasons so far unexplained to me, my blog does not take photographs, animations, videos or pictures of any kind. I deal in words.
Please accept my invitation. Send your entry to my email address dbdacoba@aol.com I will copy and paste it into my journal and it will be displayed promptly. You may sign your name or not as you wish, and you may leave a link to your blog or your email or not, as you wish. I will do NO editing or censoring. Eloquence is not necessary, mind or heart or both is all.
All are welcome. Admission is free.
I've received only 2 guest author postings. If no one else wants to do it, I will withdraw the invitation on the 15th.
Dana Bate - Vagabond Journeys
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Cato The Elder
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See here.
This is an invitation for anyone and everyone to post a entry of their own on my journal, Vagabond Journeys http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/.
The end of the year holidays are soon upon us and since it is a time for celebrations, remembrances, resolutions and plans for the future I know that people have a lot to say.
Not to take away from the postings on your journals, but to add to the joy of my own celebrations is why I invite you to write for mine.
I want to read what your thoughts are about this magical time of the year. This invitation is open to everyone: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists and the Uncertain.
Tell me your thoughts on Chanukah, Christmas, Ashura, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, New Years Eve. or any subject you associate with this holiday season.
There are no limits in regard to length. The only limitation is that, for reasons so far unexplained to me, my blog does not take photographs, animations, videos or pictures of any kind. I deal in words.
Please accept my invitation. Send your entry to my email address dbdacoba@aol.com I will copy and paste it into my journal and it will be displayed promptly. You may sign your name or not as you wish, and you may leave a link to your blog or your email or not, as you wish. I will do NO editing or censoring. Eloquence is not necessary, mind or heart or both is all.
All are welcome. Admission is free.
I've received only 2 guest author postings. If no one else wants to do it, I will withdraw the invitation on the 15th.
Dana Bate - Vagabond Journeys
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Guest Author 2
Guest Author #2
Geo.'s Guest Blog:
D.B.,
I like your idea and want to accept but wish to keep within your established motif --which is hard because you say incomparable things incomparably well. So I'll hunt past personal experience to at least come up with some Geo.-isms that don't clash overmuch with Vagabondisms.
1. When, after city-dweller house guests leave, you find yourself mucking all the way to the septic tank to clear the pipes of condoms, it's a bad idea to caution them about it . Better to possess oneself in silence. (learned this yesterday)
2. The cause of freedom is often best served by divided forces. (We learned this running away from National Guardsmen, Berkeley 1969)
3. When someone cares enough to have you followed, it means you're onto something. (Don't like to remember where I learned this)
4. No one who's done plumbing believes in pleasant surprises. (learned today)
5. It's a bad idea to ask your foreign language teacher "am I speaking French yet?", especially if it's a German class. (high school)
6. Everyone deserves some credit for having passed as an earthling this long. (haven't learned this so far but sometimes say things I haven't thought of yet)
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This is an invitation for anyone and everyone to post a entry of their own on my journal, Vagabond Journeys http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/.
The end of the year holidays are soon upon us and since it is a time for celebrations, remembrances, resolutions and plans for the future I know that people have a lot to say.
Not to take away from the postings on your journals, but to add to the joy of my own celebrations is why I invite you to write for mine.
I want to read what your thoughts are about this magical time of the year. This invitation is open to everyone: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists and the Uncertain.
Tell me your thoughts on Chanukah, Christmas, Ashura, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, New Years Eve. or any subject you associate with this holiday season.
There are no limits in regard to length. The only limitation is that, for reasons so far unexplained to me, my blog does not take photographs, animations, videos or pictures of any kind. I deal in words.
Please accept my invitation. Send your entry to my email address dbdacoba@aol.com I will copy and paste it into my journal and it will be displayed promptly. You may sign your name or not as you wish, and you may leave a link to your blog or your email or not, as you wish. I will do NO editing or censoring. Eloquence is not necessary, mind or heart or both is all.
All are welcome. Admission is free.
Dana Bate - Vagabond Journeys
(Never give up)
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Geo.'s Guest Blog:
D.B.,
I like your idea and want to accept but wish to keep within your established motif --which is hard because you say incomparable things incomparably well. So I'll hunt past personal experience to at least come up with some Geo.-isms that don't clash overmuch with Vagabondisms.
1. When, after city-dweller house guests leave, you find yourself mucking all the way to the septic tank to clear the pipes of condoms, it's a bad idea to caution them about it . Better to possess oneself in silence. (learned this yesterday)
2. The cause of freedom is often best served by divided forces. (We learned this running away from National Guardsmen, Berkeley 1969)
3. When someone cares enough to have you followed, it means you're onto something. (Don't like to remember where I learned this)
4. No one who's done plumbing believes in pleasant surprises. (learned today)
5. It's a bad idea to ask your foreign language teacher "am I speaking French yet?", especially if it's a German class. (high school)
6. Everyone deserves some credit for having passed as an earthling this long. (haven't learned this so far but sometimes say things I haven't thought of yet)
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This is an invitation for anyone and everyone to post a entry of their own on my journal, Vagabond Journeys http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/.
The end of the year holidays are soon upon us and since it is a time for celebrations, remembrances, resolutions and plans for the future I know that people have a lot to say.
Not to take away from the postings on your journals, but to add to the joy of my own celebrations is why I invite you to write for mine.
I want to read what your thoughts are about this magical time of the year. This invitation is open to everyone: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists and the Uncertain.
Tell me your thoughts on Chanukah, Christmas, Ashura, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, New Years Eve. or any subject you associate with this holiday season.
There are no limits in regard to length. The only limitation is that, for reasons so far unexplained to me, my blog does not take photographs, animations, videos or pictures of any kind. I deal in words.
Please accept my invitation. Send your entry to my email address dbdacoba@aol.com I will copy and paste it into my journal and it will be displayed promptly. You may sign your name or not as you wish, and you may leave a link to your blog or your email or not, as you wish. I will do NO editing or censoring. Eloquence is not necessary, mind or heart or both is all.
All are welcome. Admission is free.
Dana Bate - Vagabond Journeys
(Never give up)
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Jesus and the OWS
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury claims that Jesus Christ would have joined the protestors who are the Occupiers. How can a man who is the spiritual leader of 78 million Anglicans know so little about Jesus who never involved himself in political issues nor joined any social groups.
Guest Author 1
GUEST AUTHOR #1
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Dear Santa,
I don't want much for Christmas, I just want the person reading this to be happy and well.
Friends are the fruit cake of life --- some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet ... but mix them together & they're my friends!!
At Christmas you always hear people talking about what they want & bought.
This is what I want:
I want people who are sick with no cure, to be cured.
I want children with no families to be adopted.
I want people not to have to worry about food, shelter and heat.
I want peace on earth, goodwill and love to everyone!
Hugs, Rose
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This is an invitation for anyone and everyone to post a entry of their own on my journal, Vagabond Journeys http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/.
The end of the year holidays are soon upon us and since it is a time for celebrations, remembrances, resolutions and plans for the future I know that people have a lot to say.
Not to take away from the postings on your journals, but to add to the joy of my own celebrations is why I invite you to write for mine.
I want to read what your thoughts are about this magical time of the year. This invitation is open to everyone: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists and the Uncertain.
Tell me your thoughts on Chanukah, Christmas, Ashura, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, New Years Eve. or any subject you associate with this holiday season.
There are no limits in regard to length. The only limitation is that, for reasons so far unexplained to me, my blog does not take photographs, animations, videos or pictures of any kind. I deal in words.
Please accept my invitation. Send your entry to my email address dbdacoba@aol.com I will copy and paste it into my journal and it will be displayed promptly. You may sign your name or not as you wish, and you may leave a link to your blog or your email or not, as you wish. I will do NO editing or censoring. Eloquence is not necessary, mind or heart or both is all.
All are welcome. Admission is free.
Dana Bate - Vagabond Journeys
(Never give up)
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Dear Santa,
I don't want much for Christmas, I just want the person reading this to be happy and well.
Friends are the fruit cake of life --- some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet ... but mix them together & they're my friends!!
At Christmas you always hear people talking about what they want & bought.
This is what I want:
I want people who are sick with no cure, to be cured.
I want children with no families to be adopted.
I want people not to have to worry about food, shelter and heat.
I want peace on earth, goodwill and love to everyone!
Hugs, Rose
*************************************
This is an invitation for anyone and everyone to post a entry of their own on my journal, Vagabond Journeys http://vagabondjourneys.blogspot.com/.
The end of the year holidays are soon upon us and since it is a time for celebrations, remembrances, resolutions and plans for the future I know that people have a lot to say.
Not to take away from the postings on your journals, but to add to the joy of my own celebrations is why I invite you to write for mine.
I want to read what your thoughts are about this magical time of the year. This invitation is open to everyone: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists and the Uncertain.
Tell me your thoughts on Chanukah, Christmas, Ashura, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, New Years Eve. or any subject you associate with this holiday season.
There are no limits in regard to length. The only limitation is that, for reasons so far unexplained to me, my blog does not take photographs, animations, videos or pictures of any kind. I deal in words.
Please accept my invitation. Send your entry to my email address dbdacoba@aol.com I will copy and paste it into my journal and it will be displayed promptly. You may sign your name or not as you wish, and you may leave a link to your blog or your email or not, as you wish. I will do NO editing or censoring. Eloquence is not necessary, mind or heart or both is all.
All are welcome. Admission is free.
Dana Bate - Vagabond Journeys
(Never give up)
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